Line #48 WebVideo/BSLReactionAsylum


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2	->''"Let's get on with the reaction, why don't we?"''
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4	[[https://www.youtube.com/@BSLsReactionAsylum BSL's Reaction Asylum]] is a {{reaction\|Video}} channel hosted by {{LetsPlay/bloodspittinglizard}} (Or BSL for short). Inspired by watching other reactors, he created the channel on February 19th, 2013. He reacts to Main/YouTubePoop, animations, Gmod videos, and whatever else he feels like or his fans suggest.
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6	!!Tropes relating to ''BSL's Reaction Asylum'':
7	* AbandonedCatchphrase: His "Don't screencap me" phrase is dropped due to him not caring (to an extent[[note]]As long as there's no Rule34[[/note]]) anymore about screencaps of him.
8	* AbortedArc: BSL was going to do a reaction with Abraham Foulkes, a fellow reactor, but didn't come into place since the latter left [=YouTube=].
9	* AprilFools: In his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHyA9YiTBts April 1st 2015 video]], which was supposed to be a reaction to Creator/EmperorLemon's Spingebill Collection 2, complete with a surprised face in the thumbnail, he displays the video with him sleeping behind his computer screen for the entire video.
10	* AsideGlance: He does this often whenever weird or freaky stuff appears. Seen more when he's reacting at an angled position. Some examples include:
11	** The beginning of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00oO8dK_x_g 133rd reaction]] has him looking at his monitor (possibly at the title) and slowly turns to the camera.
12	** During his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVrDOl1hgYQ Peter Parker Refuses To Eat His Vegetables]]" reaction, he says "You're just at the bottom of everything aren't you?" which causes him to look at the camera.
13	** After an...[[TheImmodestOrgasm interesting sound]] in the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=---si1DhEHY Hotel Mario YTP Collab]]", BSL slowly looks at the camera and asks "What was that?".
14	* AudienceParticipation:
15	** As of 2018, he now has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdYL1M70j60 Master List video]] where people in the comments can request what videos BSL should react to.
16	** He asks his viewers to [[MakesSenseInContext give him a name for his ass]] during a segment in the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDIJgv3Q23w Family Food]]" reaction.
17	* BorrowedCatchphrase: His regular phrase for his intro in his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9fmqrTa7HQ Drake and Josh YTP Collab]]" reaction is instead replaced by "[[WebVideo/DashieXP WHAT UP!? IT'S DASHIE!]]".
18	* BuffySpeak: Happens pretty often:
19	-->'''BSL:''' Let's get on with the thing with the stuff!
20	* TheCameo:
21	** He's been in other people's videos via SpecialGuest reactions or in [=YTPs=].
22	** His [[Franchise/MyLittlePony Pony]] {{O\|riginalCharacter}}C appears in a few videos.
23	* CatchPhrase:
24	** "Hey, what's up everybody? BSL, bloodspittinglizard of BSL's Reaction Asylum here, and I'm here to bring you yet another reaction video!"
25	** Variations of "Don't screencap me." are often said after making a funny face or 'grooving' to a song. It's even at the end of his intros.
26	*** As of his "[[WebVideo/MrKrubbyKrabbyAvengesPearlHarbor Mr. Krubby Krabby]] [[https://youtu.be/yX76sj-KPBo?si=iAJknfv-dUDfGL_g&t=322 Avenges Pearl Harbor]]" reaction, he dropped the phrase due to the amount of screencaps he's gotten. The end of his intros replaces the phrase with "Y'know what? Take all the pictures all you want."
27	** Often when a song appears and stops playing, he'll exclaim "I was listening to that!"
28	** Whenever he sees or hears anything from ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' in a non-MLP centered video, he says "Why is My Little Pony In everything?".
29	*** In his 2023 reactions, he refers to it as [[BuffySpeak "The show about the cartoon horses"]].
30	* CelebrityResemblance:
31	** Especially common in his earlier reactions, the comments would compare him to Music/IceCube.
32	** One comment in his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uam-OlVGPE Arthur YTP Collab]]" reaction says that he looks like Music/IceT.
33	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: During "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnMO_MMgPKk Abraham Foulkes Has a Bad Day]]", BSL in the YTP says "Fuck Abraham Foulkes". The real BSL states that he wouldn't say something like that to him but while sweet, [[ExactWords that's not what the video was going for]].
34	* CoolShades:
35	** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etb8c935xAw 3]] of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vkAugZvD3o his]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxEWQQlAHoM reactions]], he wears orange tinted anti-glare glasses throughout the videos.
36	** His [[Franchise/MyLittlePony Pony]] {{O\|riginalCharacter}}C wears black shades over his eyes.
37	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: His "BSL Reacts to Reactors" series is this as he reacts to other reactors reacting to a video.
38	* {{Determinator}}: He makes it clear that depsite the unannannounced hiatuses, he's not quitting on the channel. Not yet.
39	* DownerBeginning: Before he was going to react to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpjyrftcm9o Elliot Goes Camping]]", even though he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iElouAhn8RA mentioned it prior]], he informs the viewers about the passing of WebAnimation/Kitty0706 and spends a couple seconds trying to remember what he passed from. He [[LampshadeHanging took note]] of how sad this quickly got.
40	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
41	** He didn't have an intro until 2014.
42	** Before he was known for doing reactions to [=YTPs=], BSL commonly reacted to fan animations or music videos.
43	** He named the people who requested the videos he reacted to and linked their channels in his description.
44	* EveryoneHasStandards: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVASIk5_4jw 2 Kids 1 Sandbox]]" requested by one of his friends was so disgusting to the point where the video isn't shown at all (It can still be heard though).
45	* EvilLaughter: The beginning of his "[[Creator/NPCarlsson Five Nights]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCdEn-l5ANk At Fosters]]" reaction has him do this.
46	* EyeTake: This happens many times in his reactions. Usually with moments like something/someone unexpectedly popping up or ear-rape.
47	* FacialScruff: He had a messed up mustache which commenters took note of in his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPBv6OFodqs Hank Hill Shows His True Power]]" reaction. He ended up fully shaving it off in the next video.
48	* FailedASpotCheck:
49	** While reacting to one of the alternative scenes in his "[[Creator/EmperorLemon Krusty Krustacean's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuyMAxjJleY Kantankerous Kommercial]]" reaction, an error came up on his end so he had to start the video he was reacting to over.
50	** While he was pausing the video and pointing out the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' cameo in his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qQ_ZVMTZWo Mashed Bandicoot 2]]" reaction, he noticed that he forgot to put the video in OBS so he had to put what he's reacted to so far in the video via editing.
51	* GenreShift:
52	** While it's [[SubvertedTrope still a reaction video]], instead of just watching a gameplay video, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3NKAo1ZmTQ plays]] the demo of ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet''.
53	** Played straight when he uploads a ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Smash 4]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lljnB7h2rME gameplay video]].
54	* TheGhost: He mentions his brother in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiq-qEFuCiE&t=515s one reaction]] but is yet to be seen in one.
55	* GoshDarnItToHeck: While he does swear, sometimes he'll avoid saying it. His favorite word to use is "quappers".[[note]]Basically a replacement for crap but sometimes he says "crap", too[[/note]]
56	* HellIsThatNoise: In the pre-intro for his "[[WebAnimation/SuperMario64Bloopers SMG4:]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFvpU5KpY5M Freddy's Spaghettiria]]" reaction, he gets startled by the [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys Balloon Boy]] voices.
57	* JumpScare: The beginning of his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px6hoSNVFPo How to Make FNAF Not Scary 1 & 2]]" reaction has the screen black for a few seconds before he does this before it goes to his intro.
58	* KubrickStare: Does this often when saying his SigningOffCatchphrase. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNgV8X-Hzt4 One]] of his reactions have him do this at the beginning.
59	* LateToThePunchline: Took him until the end of the "[[WebAnimation/DaThings Soup or]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAA0yhFeUbY Smash Bros.]]" video to get that it's a {{Pun}} on ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
60	* LazyBum: Admits to this as one of the reasons he doesn't upload videos.
61	* LiveEpisode: Since his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc_CRI9DHZs test live stream]] back in 2014, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utTkEmBlpBg June 2024 Nintendo Direct]] reaction would be the first actual live stream on the reaction channel.
62	* MotorMouth: He says his intro pretty fast in some videos.
63	* NoDialogueEpisode:
64	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xKLk1THS_k BSL Has an Announcement]] has the video be silent for a moment and BSL starts dancing to music a few seconds later until he stops for a screen to pop up announcing his return to the channel.
65	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb5sZRDzRYA Am I Returning Soon?]] is the same as above but instead, as soon as he nods his head, the last few seconds of his intro music plays.
66	* OlderThanTheyLook: Several comments on his videos noted that he looks like he was a decade ago despite him being in his mid-30s.
67	* OverlyLongGag: He uses this intentionally in the description of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHyA9YiTBts April Fools 2015 video]] to make the viewer stop reading it.
68	* PetPeeveTrope: SensoryAbuse. Especially ear-rape. He [[https://youtu.be/eUSBFVyt5Ls even asks]] why people still do it in [=YTP=] videos.
69	* RapidFireNo: Whenever freaky, sexual stuff comes up, expect one of these. It's even {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00oO8dK_x_g reaction 113]]'s description
70	-->'''Description:''' aka BSL reacts by saying NO a lot
71	* ReactionVideo: The main purpose of the channel.
72	* RearrangeTheSong:
73	** Since his intro was debuted, it gained 8 record scratches at the beginning, some harder drums, and more instruments.
74	** The 2019 intro was more different as it's a shorter version. It had a high build up and it went to the last few notes of his usual intro that sounds like the one that he introduced in 2014 except it had some background strings with a "YEAH" voice at the end.
75	* RunningGag:
76	** The aforementioned "Why is My Little Pony in everything" phrase.
77	** Whenever he says "ANOTHER REACTION VIDEO!" he puts his arms above his head and spreads them out.
78	** After his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI-Mze8Aqlo Crustacean Resurrection Redemption]]" reaction, sometimes he'll do the dance he did in the pre-intro of that reaction in other reactions from that point on.
79	** His long, unexpected hiatuses. He even [[LampshadeHanging says]] that he's well known for them.
80	* SayMyName: When watching Awful Fawful's {{Y\|ouTubePoop}}TPs, BSL's prone to yelling their name whenever their trademark NightmareFuel comes about.
81	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
82	** In his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuyMAxjJleY Krusty Krustacean's Kantankerous Kommercial]]" reaction, he gives up on a reaction for the first time. The section he gives up on is a bonus scene where [=SpongeBob=] is seen walking while "I'm So Fresh" by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em plays in the background.
83	** During his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qQ_ZVMTZWo Mashed Bandicoot 2]]" reaction, after the N.Brio Sez segment, BSL follows suit and takes off his headphones to leave the reaction [[spoiler: which only lasts a few seconds until he come back to it]].
84	* SeenItAll: He says in his newer videos that nothing surprises him when watching YouTubePoop videos.
85	* SelfDeprecation:
86	** Subverted. The beginning of his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXzpgWYlYGQ Sonic Adventure 2 (Dark & Final Story) Real-time Fandub]]" reaction has him "give" out the award for worst lighting and is about to point at himself. He stops and says:
87	--->'''BSL:''' Probably not me, [[TakeThat I'm sure there's worse lighting than this on YouTube when it comes to reaction videos]].
88	** Played straight when he makes remarks about his habit of having long hiatuses.
89	* SensoryAbuse: He inevitably goes through this, especially ear-rape, when reacting to videos. Especially YouTubePoop. He tries to do this at the end of his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orv4uT6YssM Elsa Let's Her Sanity Go]]" reaction with a [[ContentWarnings warning]] beforehand.
90	* ShoutOut: Of course, being a Let's Player and all, he'll make references to other media when watching videos.
91	* SigningOffCatchphrase: "'Till next time, everybody, BSL/bloodspittinglizard out."
92	* SpecialGuest: Through his earlier videos to 2015, BSL had another person(s) occasionally react with him whether they were a reactor or not.
93	* StatusQuoIsGod:
94	** In his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iElouAhn8RA Hank Hill's Final Stand]]" reaction he tries a new layout which everyone in the comment section hates. The old format is brought back for good in the next video.
95	** In 2019, BSL had a new intro which had the text "BSL Reacts" in a hellish background along with a new remix of his intro. Due to him getting a new computer (and probably lost the new intro in the process), it's back to his previous intro.
96	* TheStinger: The last few seconds of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHyA9YiTBts April 1st 2015 video]] has BSL announce that the real reaction to the [=YTP=] will come soon.
97	* TheStoic: The calm, DeadpanSnarker type. He [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDIJgv3Q23w even says]] that a Try Not To Laugh video wouldn't be hard due to his poker faces.
98	* ThinkOfTheCensors: Throughout his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ-9bcNozzs Sponge Binge: The Sex Joke Horizon]]" reaction, he occasionally states how scared he is to upload the reaction because of all the sexual content in the video.
99	-->'''BSL:''' Do I have to start censoring things!?
100	* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
101	** "2 Kids 1 Sandbox" has him afraid to see the video due to the ads on the site he was on.
102	** Any video where he's afraid of ''just'' the title of it is this. He's usually right.
103	* TitleMontage: All of his intros with the exception of his 2019 intro.
104	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sushi. He states that he likes it while eating it during the beginning of his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6umMa0j-_sc Robotnik Fails a Math Test]]" reaction.
105	* VariationsOnAThemeSong: The intro in his reaction to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnMO_MMgPKk Abraham Foulkes Has a Bad Day and it's sequel]]" is instead replaced with the creator of the two videos, [=TheZorotlThing=], rapping to the intro music instead.
106	* VerbalTic:
107	** "Essentially" is essentially his favorite word when he's explaining something.
108	** He makes a little grunt/chuckle noise sometimes after he finishes his sentences.
109	* VocalEvolution: Throughout the years, with the help of the microphones he uses, his voice gets deeper and deeper.

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